Castaway Companions
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Castaway Companions
Jill Abram chooses poems by Edward Lear, Lemn Sissay and Jacqueline Saphra to take to her desert island
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Castaway Companions
Vanessa Lampert chooses poems by Matthew Dickman, Dorianne Laux and Karen Solie for her desert island
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Castaway Companions
Castaway poet Rachael Matthews choses poems by Jennifer L Knox, Adrienne Rich, and Kathleen Jamie for her desert island stay
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Castaway Companions
Castaway poet Greta Stoddart choses poems by Elizabeth Bishop, Raymond Carver and Czeslaw Milosz for her desert island stay
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Castaway Companions
Castaway poet Anne Rouse chooses poems by H.D. and Yeats, and Helen Waddell's translation of 'Die Christi Veritas', to take to a desert island
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Castaway Companions
Castaway poet Sarah Wimbush chooses poems by Ted Hughes, Liz Berry and Paul Bentley to take to a desert island
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Castaway Companions
Castaway poet Julia Bird chooses three poems by Michael Donaghy, Eileen Pun and John Keats to take to a desert island
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Castaway Companions
Castaway poet Anne-Marie Fyfe chooses three poems by Emily Dickinson, Robert Lowell and Elizabeth Bishop to take to a desert island
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Castaway Companions
Castaway poet Ben Wilkinson chooses three poems by Louis MacNeice, Stevie Smith and John Keats to take to a desert island